Money changing machine



s. B. HUNTER MONEY CHANGING MACHINE Filed April 12, 1922 2 Sheets-$heet 1 mm W" To Be it? known that I.;SA1I'UEL EB-"HUNTER,

Patented ca. 1c, 1923.

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lip ilieatioli iileij mi-1e, we. Serial n jjttnteyi a a citizeii fthe U; d Statesei ta, residingatffla 'coma; iii the county ofPierce andS'tate of Washington, have invented'certain new and-useful improvements? in meant "which the 1 Money-Changing -Mach following is a specific Tri inventio-rr'relates td m rev'emem I in money changmg machines," where1n thru the operation of one or more appropriately" marked 'ke' ys gga j coin orjfcoins'; corresponding to the amount er change des'ired in the particular transaction, may be delivered tothev customer. 7

The present machine embodies/the general features of aplurality of coin receptacles, in which the several coins of difi'erentdenominations, are arranged in piles of super-.

imposed relation, acoin slide being proactuated byfthe depression of a particular key. The coin slide of the present invention is so formed as to impart-a tilting move,-

Slide, the coin chute or way which receives the coin from the slide being formed IO,

positively Wipe the coin off the-slide, to

materially facilitate and positively insure the delivery of that coin to the change tray. the accom- The invention is illustrated in panying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a broken plan of the improved machine. 7

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 Fig. 4 is a broken. front elevation of the machine.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the slides.

The improved'm'achine.comprises a block 1 mounted upon abase 2, which may and preferably is formed to slidably receive a coin drawer 3. The base 2 in advance of the block 1, is formed for the reception of the operating parts, and is preferably inclosed in a metallic ornamentalcover 4.

The block 1 is formed with a series of vertical bores 5, respectively corresponding 'in size to that of the coins for whichthe machine may be designed; thatis, these bores constitute coin receptacles in which the coins are arranged in superimposed relation. to provide a series of columns of coins of varying values. IThe bottom of the.

surface of-thecoin' slide. indicated at 10, I Fig. 5, inclines laterally or toward the de- 7 coin-pushing shoulderll in the slide. ment to the coin engaged and moved by said] shaft 17 mounted in the casing. Agear 18 block 1: is formed with atfansvei'sefchan walls of. the chutes 8 incline or curvelaterally one o-fsuch wallsasi9 being interposed in the path of the coin on the coin'slide as thelatter is operated. The coin receiving livery end 'ofthe coin chute, this surface 10 being so formedas to present an abrupt or As stated; the respective coinreceptacles are deslgnedto ,holdcolns ofvar ous slzes,

' 1-, and are each formed with "a sector-shaped projection 14, formed with an interior series of gear teeth 15, adapted to engage and'operate apinion 16, loosely supported upon a is fixed with relation to the pinion 17, the

teeth of this gear cooperating with a rack 19 on the immediately adjacent coin slide 7 A spring 20 serves to normally hold the parts in such: relative positions that thecoin 95 receiving space 10 of each slide bar 7. is

positioned immediately beneath the lower- 1 7 most coin in'each coin receptacle.

On desiring change, such for example, as

thirty-five cents; the operator willidepress I the keys, correspondingffor' example, with the coin receptacles containing the quarters and dimes,fthe keys of course being suitably;

-marked at21 to indicate thevalue 'ofthe coins which 3 they kcontrol. movement of the'sectors and gears, thecorp responding coinslidesi7 will be moved for 'wardly, the [shoulders 11 engaging the low ermost coins .and carrying theesame forwardly until the coins are intercepted bythe Thru obvious N ap ropriate, keys. c c

detail of'the present inven-l tion; is the provision ofacoin slide of matewalls 9 of the corresponding coin chutes, whereupon owing to the curved formations of these walls, and the corresponding inclinations of the coin'slides receiving surfaces 10, the coins are deflected into the coin chutes and so delivered to :the coin trays Thus, with an appropriate number of coin receptacles, any desired aggregate amount of change can be instantly delivered to the customer merely thru the operation of the n important rially' less width than the coinreceptacle,

that is, the coin, so thatfthe coin is merely supported on said slide and evenin this sup port isjinclined in the direction of its discharge: in .the coin chute. The narrow coinslide thus permits ready deflection of the coin into the coin chute loy the curved wall of the latter, thus materially simplifying the construction of the apparatuswhile m suring its certainty ofoperation.

Claims:

1. A change making app aratus, inclu ding a coin receptacle, a coin slide operatively positioned to eject the bottom coin from said receptacle, means for operating the slide, said slide having a laterally inclined coin receiving, surface, and a coin chute positioned beyond the receptacle and having a wall formed to direct the coin iromsaid slide into the chute. c v

2. A change making apparatus, including a coin receptacle, a coin slide operatively positioned to eject the bottom coin-from said receptacle, said slide having a, coin receiv: ing surface of materially less width than the diameter of the coin andlaterally inclined,

acoin] chute formed beyond the receptacle and having a wall-curvedacross the path of movement of the coin on the slide, whereby to'defiectsaid coin from the slide into said chute. I p v c v In testimony whereof I my signature.

I SAMUEL B. HUNTER. 

